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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451869903321

Autore

Fieldhouse D. K (David Kenneth), <1925->

Titolo

Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 [[electronic resource] /] / D.K. Fieldhouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-75919-4

0-19-153696-2

1-4294-2193-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Classificazione

15.75

Disciplina

956/.03

Soggetti

Mandates

Imperialism

Anti-imperialist movements - Middle East

Electronic books.

Middle East History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-357) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1. Before the mandates, 1900-1922 -- The decline of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and the 'Arab Awakening' before 1914 -- War and the partition of the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1922 -- Pt. 2. Alien rule and nationalist reactions, 1918-1958 -- Britain in Mesopotamia/Iraq, 1918-1958 -- Palestine : Zionism and the genesis of the mandate -- Palestine : the British mandate, 1918-1948 -- Transjordan, 1918-1956 -- Syria and the French, 1918-1946 -- Lebanon and the French, 1918-1946 -- Pt. 3. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

The Middle East is constantly in the news and is a major focus for international conflict. This book attempts to explain why this is so. It covers the crucial period after 1914, when the Ottoman empire was defeated and its provinces taken over by Britain and France, ending in 1958, when the Iraqi revolution finally ended British influence in the region. It describes both British and French policies and the reactions of Arabs and Jews. - ;The term 'Fertile Crescent' is commonly used as shorthand for the group of territories extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Here it is assumed to